Foodora under fire after underpaying their employees
Bicycle based food delivery company, Foodora, is facing thousands of dollars in fines after they allegedly exploited employees.
The ombudsman alleges three workers signed agreements as independent contractors but did the work of permanent employees and they were underpaid $1620 over four weeks.
A case management hearing has been scheduled in federal court in Sydney for July 10.
Guide Dog puppies are changing lives in youth detention centres
Guide Dog puppies are changing lives in youth detention centres amid a vast shortage of trainers across Australia.
Guide Dogs New South Wales are looking to expand programs such as the one at a Juvenile Detention Centre in Kariong which assigns two inmates as carers of a dog for five days a week.
Inmates undertake rigorous training with the pups and trainers are seeing the benefits of the program for both parties.
136 Wedge-Tailed Eagles slaughtered in Victoria
136 wedge tailed eagles have been found intentionally slaughtered in Victoria.
The protected animals known to attack and kill newborn lambs, were found poisoned at an East Gippland farm with the incident being labelled the state’s worst bird cull.
More protected native species including ravens, kookaburras and reptiles were also found dead on the farmer’s property; the individual responsible could face jail time and over $100,000 in fines.
Mobile phone and credit cards will soon be the new GoCard
Go Cards could soon be a thing of the past after plans were announced to revolutionise the technology.
Mobile phones, smart watches and credit cards will soon be used to pay for fares on Queensland Public Transport under a plan to make it easier for the public to use services.
Trials are expected to begin later this year after $371 million was committed over four years to refine the service.
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'Panther-like' predator pictured prowling Blue Mountains and other Zedlines.
Local, Steven Muiser, captured the creature on camera prowling the Sydney countryside, describing it as five times larger than a feral cat and as wide as the bonnet of his ute.
Professor Barry Brook from the University of Tasmania said the panther-like creature could have been ‘released decades ago and established a breeding population, but that does stretch the bounds of credibility'.
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Five new taxes will be introduced to support infrastructure projects
The Queensland budget will spend big on infrastructure projects in a bid to create jobs and stimulate the state economy, but it will come at a cost for many Queensland households.
The 2018-19 budget has revealed five new taxes will be introduced to deal with the end of the mining and construction booms.
However, the government aims to rebate councils to avoid the the taxes being passed down to ratepayers.
"SpeedyCat" express services connecting Hamilton & UQ to city
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk will deliver on an election commitment to increase express CityCat services running between Northshore Hamilton and the city, and the University of Queensland and the city.
Approximately $1 million sourced by council’s CityCat and ferry operating subsidy, will deliver 100 new express “SpeedyCat” services.
The Lord Mayor said the service would be part of $68 million spent over the coming year for new river transport services.
Drought conditions to continue affecting farmers
Fears drought conditions are severely affecting grain growing regions as farmers begin to scale back their plantings.
After the driest Autumn since 1902, crops that have been sown haven’t grown due to the lack of water stored beneath the soil.
The Bureau of Meteorology forecasts the drought conditions will continue as there is a lower-than-average rainfall predicted this year.
Third fire in 6 months breaks out at Haiti marketplace
A fire has decimated a marketplace in Haiti for the third time this year.
The fire in the Haiti capital of Port au Prince began at midnight and burned for several hours, destroying the popular public market and all its merchandise for the third time in six months.
No injuries have been recorded and the cause of the three fires is still being investigated.
North Korean refugee urges US to end Kim Jong-Un's 'holocaust'
North Korean refugee, Yeonmi Park, is urging the United States to pressure Kim Jong-Un to end the 'holocaust' against her own people.
Yeonmi’s plea comes after the historic meeting between U.S President Donald Trump and North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-Un.
Yeonmi, who escaped North Korea when she was 13-years-old said, “this man runs concentration camps, deliberately starves people for control and assassinates members of his own family.”